Triple

English

Adjective

Triple (not comparable)

1. Made up of three related elements, often matching

   The triple markings on this vase are quite unique.

2. Three times the quantity

   Give me a triple serving of mashed potatoes.

3. Designed for three users

   a triple room

4. Folded in three; composed of three layers
5. Having three aspects; very ambiguous.

   a triple meaning

6. (music) Of time, three times as fast as very fast.

Related terms

• duple
• treble

Noun

Triple (plural Triples)

1. (informal) A drink with three portions of alcohol.

   I've had a hard day, make that a triple.

2. (US) A hamburger with three patties.

   I'd like a triple with cheese.

3. (baseball) A three-base hit

   The shortstop hit a triple to lead off the ninth.

4. (curling) A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
5. (mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.

Derived terms

• triplestore

Verb

Triple (third-person singular simple present Triples, present participle tripling, simple past and past participle tripled)

1. To multiply by three

   The company tripled their earnings per share over last quarter.

2. (baseball) To get a three-base hit

   The batter tripled into the gap.

3. To become three times as large

   Our earnings have tripled in the last year.

Thesaurus

accelerate, aggravate, beef up, blow up, complicate, concentrate, condense, consolidate, cube, deepen, deltoid, double, enhance, exacerbate, exaggerate, fan-shaped, heat up, heighten, hop up, hot up, intensify, jazz up, key up, magnify, make complex, multiply by three, ramify, redouble, reinforce, sharpen, soup up, step up, strengthen, tern, ternal, ternary, ternate, three, three-in-one, three-ply, threefold, threesome, treble, triadic, trial, triangular, trilogic, trinal, trine, trinity, trio, triplex, triplicate, triumvirate, triune, troika, whet

Etymology

Middle English, from Latin triplus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪpəl

Translations

Adjective

made up of three related elements

French: triple (fr) Galician: triplo (gl) Irish: triarach (ga)

Italian: triplo (it) Spanish: triple (es)

three times the quantity

Czech: trojitý (cs) Dutch: drievoudig (nl) French: triple (fr) Galician: triplo (gl)

Irish: triarach (ga) Italian: triplo (it) m. Spanish: triple (es)

Noun

sequence of three elements

Czech: trojice (cs) f. French: triple (fr) m. Italian: triplo (it) m.

Romanian: triplu (ro) m. and n. Spanish: triple (es) m.

Verb

to multiply by three

Czech: ztrojnásobit (cs) Dutch: verdrievoudigen (nl) Esperanto: triobligi (eo) French: tripler (fr)

Galician: triplicar (gl) Italian: triplicare (it) Spanish: triplicar (es)

to become three times as large

Esperanto: triobliĝi (eo) French: tripler (fr)

Italian: triplicare (it) Spanish: triplicar (es)

See also

• treble
• triple jump
• triple sec

Coef	Noun	Result
1	single
2	double	doublet
3	triple	triplet
4	quadruple	quadruplet
5	quintuple	quintuplet
6	sextuple	sextuplet

Anagrams

• let rip, prelit

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French

Noun

Triple m. (plural Triples)

1. triple
2. (baseball) triple

Derived terms

• triplement

Verb

Triple

1. first-person singular present indicative of tripler
2. third-person singular present indicative of tripler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of tripler
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of tripler
5. second-person singular imperative of tripler

Etymology

From Latin triplus.

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Italian

Adjective

triple f.

1. Feminine plural form of triplo

Anagrams

• peltri

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Latin

Numeral

triple

1. vocative masculine singular of triplus

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Spanish

Adjective

1. triple